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It’s all come down to one game to decide the 2019 WNBA Championship! Game 4 was a game of two halves. Connecticut came out strong; complete controlling the game with a 16 point lead at the end of the half. … Continue reading WNBA Finals Game 5 Thread
She was questionable on whether or not she would even play at all, but any questions about the impact the injury to MVP Elena Delle Donne would have were quickly answered by her gutsy performance in Game 3. … Continue reading WNBA Finals Game 4 Thread
It’s is all tied up at one game apiece, after a commanding 99-87 Sun victory in Game 2. The series now moves to Connecticut for the next two games. Game 2 was nothing short of a disaster for the … Continue reading WNBA Finals Game 3 Thread
The Washington Mystics took Game 1, the first finals game win in franchise history, 95-86, and made it look rather easy. Can the Connecticut Sun bounce back and even up the best-of-five series? All the pictures NED DISHMAN/NBAE VIA GETTY … Continue reading WNBA Finals Game 2 Thread
It’s Championship time! The WNBA playoffs are now down to the finals and a showdown between the two best teams in the regular season: The Washington Mystics and the Connecticut Sun. Both teams are looking for their first WNBA Championship … Continue reading WNBA Finals Game 1 Thread
I’ve created a thread to chat about the 2019 WNBA playoffs The Single Elimination Games are done and now we get to the multi-game Semifinals. The Semifinals are a Best-of-Five series between the winners of the second round elimination games … Continue reading WNBA Playoffs Semifinals Thread!
I’ve created a thread to chat about the WNBA playoffs The Second Round, like the first, are single elimination games between the winners of the First Round versus the 4 and 3 seeds Game 1 3pm EST The first match … Continue reading WNBA Playoffs Second Round Thread
Hey Avacodonauts, I’ve created a thread to chat about the WNBA playoffs The first round are single elimination games between the 5-8 seeds and the 6-7 seeds to determine who will go on to the next round, facing the 3 … Continue reading WNBA Playoffs First Round Thread
NBA draft starts at 7 Eastern Time. Go nuts about it here. Continue reading What the Heck, Here’s an NBA Draft Thread
And so we’re down to the last four contenders for the NCAA men’s basketball title. In the Avocado bracket pool, Psmith and Bluelightspecial have Michigan State. PastyJournalist and Dan Pierce have Virginia. Joey Blowey’s got Auburn. Who will take bragging … Continue reading 2019 NCAA Tournament – Final Four Thread
Entering our second weekend, there aren’t a lot of underdogs left. I guess we have Gonzaga from the West Coast Conference, but they’ve been a top-of-the-bracket fixture for some time now. We have Houston from the American, even though they … Continue reading 2019 NCAA Tournament – Sweet 16 and Elite 8 Thread
Congratulations to first-time NCAA Tournament winners Wofford, UC Irvine, Central Florida, and, uh some other school I don’t want to congratulate. After round one, JGoo, CreepGang, and Zanoni lead the bracket with a 27-5 record in the first round. In … Continue reading 2019 NCAA Tournament – Second Round Thread
Congrats to Ja Morant, who became the first player to earn a triple-double in the NCAA Tournament since Draymond Green in 2012, as the Murray State Racers walloped Marquette. JGoo currently leads the Avocado pool after an impressive 15-1 day … Continue reading 2019 NCAA Tournament – First Round Thread (3/22/19)
Congratulations to the Belmont Bruins, who justified their inclusion into the tournament field with an impressive win over Temple Tuesday night. I told you these guys were good! The Avocado bracket pool closes to new entries at tipoff time, so … Continue reading 2019 NCAA Tournament – First Round Thread (3/21/19)
It’s time once again for the three week extravaganza of basketball known as March Madness, and for the concomitant tradition of winning glory through some combination of savvy prognostication and dumb luck. Welcome to the 2019 Avocado bracket pool! Last … Continue reading The 2019 Avocado NCAA Basketball Tournament Bracket Pool
Expanding from a short film to a feature length film is always a risky proposition. What may have worked is a few minutes or twenty isn’t necessarily doing to work when stretched out to ninety or longer. That is even … Continue reading Movie Reviews: Uncle Drew (2018)
We’re down to four potential champions: Sentimental favorite Loyola (1963 champions, winners of the Missouri Valley), Michigan (1989 champions, runners-up to *VACATED* in 2013), Kansas (1952, 1988, and 2008 champions; winners of 14 Big 12 titles in a row), and … Continue reading 2018 NCAA Basketball Tournament – Final Four Thread
Basketball action starts up again today with a deeply strange set of teams, including Loyola, Nevada, Kansas State, Florida State and Texas A&M. The tournament’s remaining “favorites” will play tomorrow. Flubba Gunto currently holds a 30 point lead over ganews … Continue reading 2018 NCAA Tournament – Sweet 16 Thread (Thursday 3/22)
Welcome back, Retriever fans! Like a lot of people, I’m still trying to figure out just how the hell that happened. Last night, Emperor Snapper pointed out that UMBC lost to Albany 83-39 in January, and try as I may, … Continue reading 2018 NCAA Tournament Second Round Thread (Saturday 3/17)
Well, if you didn’t stay up for the late games last night, you could be waking up to quite the surprise: 4 seed Arizona, widely considered talented enough to be a contender for most of the year, didn’t just lose … Continue reading 2018 NCAA Tournament First Round Thread (Friday 3/16)
The first round of the tournament kicks off in a couple of hours— make sure to get your picks in if you’re playing along with the Avocado (password: austinfreak): http://games.espn.com/tournament-challenge-bracket/2018/en/group?groupID=2535275 16 first round games today— what are your rooting interests? Upset … Continue reading 2018 NCAA Tournament First Round Thread (Thursday 3/15)
